Tag Archive 'Eastbourne tennis'

Balls, please!

I’m thankful my Dunlop Green Flash trainers and Lacoste shorts are still in decent shape but frankly the Tacchini tracksuit top is a bit frayed around the edges. Devonshire Park, home to the Aegon pre-Wimbledon Championship, is just around the corner from here at The Guesthouse East in Eastbourne and provides arguably the finest grass [...]

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Either Eastbourne is playing host to theĀ  2010 Sugar Daddy Awards or the tennis is back in town. Walking down to the sea along Grand Parade last night with the kayak (actually I should say shambolically shuffling, with the wetsuit rolled down, eager to chase the bass), on three separate occasions I passed wizened men [...]

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You can keep your Costa Brava, and all that palava… Eastbourne was sizzling today… We started the day with a long run (17 miles on the Downs – and a bit sunburnt), then it was crashing out on the double deckchair at the beach with the papers and marmite sarnies, and the sound of a [...]

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